Destiny: The Taken King: a visual breakdown of the launch trailer

October 6, 2015

Behind the scenes of the shoot with Digital Domain and their newest Destiny: The Taken King trailer.

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Three things not to miss at VIEW

October 5, 2015

Three highlights from the upcoming VFX, CG and animation VIEW Conference in Italy.

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Limitless goes on a trip to the small screen

September 28, 2015

Limitless comes to TV, and with a host of unique visual effects work.

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Digital skin alteration – studying racial bias

September 23, 2015

Some new research into racial bias is taking advantage of VFX techniques to digitally alter skin.

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More funding – and tech – for VR start-up Jaunt

September 21, 2015

VR start-up Jaunt gets an injection of new funds to help continue its camera array and studio operations.

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Trojan Horse wrap-up: abstract VR, perception, Juice-d up titles

September 19, 2015

Psychedelic VR experiences, new thoughts on perception for VFX and stunning title sequences – our final report from Trojan Horse was a Unicorn in Portugal.

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The ire of Dr. Moreau: on-set tales from the fx crew

September 18, 2015

How the effects teams from Stan Winston and Digital Domain made it through – just – the crazy production of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

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Trojan Horse: new perspectives…and sandcastles

September 17, 2015

Trojan Horse was a Unicorn – a CG conference with a difference.

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IBC 2015 (and fixing post)

September 16, 2015

The IBC Conference has just wrapped in Amsterdam – here’s our impression of the event, plus we highlight the way VFX could be made easier if the transcoding was just paid attention to!

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Industry moves with Technicolor & The Mill + Mercer joins ILM

September 15, 2015

Technicolor acquires The Mill, while producer Sam Mercer joins ILM as head of the VFX studio.

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Game of Thrones and American Horror Story take VFX Emmys

September 13, 2015

Congratulations to the VFX teams from Game of Thrones and American Horror Story.

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Automatic Duck is back

September 9, 2015

Automatic Duck founders Wes and Harry Plate are effectively re-launching Automatic Duck after a four year hiatus, and have begun developing and selling new timeline translation products for Final Cut Pro X and Adobe® After Effects® CC.

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RealtimeUK’s Rare Replay games trailer

August 28, 2015

Watch RealtimeUK’s making of for the famous Rare games studio launch of ‘Rare Replay’.

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Sci-Tech consideration list for 2015

August 25, 2015

The Academy has announced the technologies being considered for Sci-Tech Awards for 2015.

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The secrets of Daredevil’s seamless effects

August 20, 2015

How Shade crafted the Emmy nominated visual effects for Netflix’s Daredevil.

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Insider chat: what’s next…

August 19, 2015

Mike and Ian discuss what’s on the horizon for films, games and the VR and AR worlds. Plus a rundown of the best tech at SIGGRAPH.

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Insurgent: in the lab with Animal Logic

August 18, 2015

Animal Logic breaks down their holographic effects for the film Insurgent, just out on DVD and download.

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The VFX of China’s monster hit Monster Hunt

August 10, 2015

Watch how Base FX made the cute and cuddly and sometimes crazy creatures for the Chinese hit film Monster Hunt.

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Fantastic five

August 9, 2015

The VFX behind the five key characters of the Fantastic Four reboot, plus a look at the previs.

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MAXON reveals upcoming Cinema 4D R17

August 6, 2015

Maxon announced Cinema 4D Release 17, with an anticipated release sometime in September. The release contains Houdini Engine Integration as well as a host of new features and improvements. Click through to check out the press release.

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Before there was Pixels, there was Pixels

July 28, 2015

The director behind the Pixels short film that inspired the Pixels feature film shares his story – and behind the scenes pics.

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Animal Logic goes 360

July 22, 2015

How Animal Logic crafted a new 360 experience for a new Data Arena in Sydney.

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67th Emmy nominations

July 16, 2015

The 67th Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning, here are the Visual Effects nominees.

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The Mill’s VR Reviewer now available via Shotgun RV

July 7, 2015

fxguide recently covered the work done by The Mill for “HELP” – the 360-degree Google Spotlight film directed by Justin Lin. The Mill’s custom VR Shader within the RV player is now available for Shotgun users.

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Cinesite and Image Engine to merge

July 2, 2015

In a surprise move, Cinesite and Image Engine will join forces in visual effects and animation.

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The strange effects in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

July 1, 2015

How Milk crafted effects for the final two episodes of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

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Making a fun toy a useful tool

June 30, 2015

HDR 360 Bracket Pro is an app that converts the Theta 360 Camera into a VFX bracketing 360 HDR camera.

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Adobe to present on maximising your DCP during SMPTE Sydney

June 29, 2015

Come along during SMPTE in Sydney to hear from Adobe’s principal scientist on DCP and other color science tips (free for fxguide readers).

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Insider chat: Terminator: Genisys first reactions

June 29, 2015

For our fxinsider members, a special chat on our first reactions to Terminator: Genisys, and a preview of what’s coming up on fxguide.

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News from E3: new games, Minecraft HoloLens + more

June 15, 2015

There’s a ton of new games and announcements happening right now at E3 2015 – here’s just a few that caught our eye at fxguide.

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